Cindy Lou paddled her bike with an attached carriage, greeting her fellow Whos around her, all the way to her best friend, Groopert's house. Cindy Lou made a crane to call her friend in his bedroom.
"Ka-kaa! Ka-kaa!"
When he heard his friend's bird cry, Groopert was very alerted. It was an unexpected call. He didn't know why she called or what this call is all about, but, like they always do, he threw his backpack out of his window that landed in Cindy Lou's carriage, made an owl sound, "Hoo-hoo!", and used a book to hang on a snowy branch and slide himself towards the carriage.
"Ready!" Groopert gave her a thumb-up.
"Alright, let's go," Cindy Lou nodded as she began to paddle.
Cindy Lou and Groopert went out of town, travelling into the snowy forest where there are many pine trees and snow birds sliding on the snow. Across the stream where the water fall is, Cindy Lou paddled all the way up on the end of sloped log.
"Hold on!" The girl said.
The two friends waited for the end of the log to fall. They lifted their arms with "Woo-hoo!", until they reached to the other side. They arrived at their secret tree clubhouse where no adult knew about this.
Groopert placed the bowling ball on a small net, and let it drop off a low cliff. He and Cindy Lou stood on a baseball bat that was tied by a rope, and they were ascended up on their tree house. Inside, Groopert flipped the paper on their board, and Cindy Lou turned on the light bulb, opened the window, and placed colored pencil's on the board.
"So, what's this meeting all about anyway?" Groopert asked. "Are we going to trap Santa Claus again this New Year?"
Cindy Lou turned and glared at her friend in annoyance, "What?! No! Groopert, Santa isn't coming for New Year, and he never had been. And that's not Santa I captured this Christmas, that was the Grinch."
"Oh, yeah, he made a good Santa," Groopert chuckled, until he saw Cindy Lou giving him an icy glare. "Sorry, sorry. Move along."
Cindy Lou's glare faded and sighed, "I called you here for a very important meeting, Groopert. Trust me. It's really important. I have a very important mission to accomplish."
"What mission?" Groopert asked.
"It's personal. It's just between me and my new friend that you haven't know yet. But I'm going to tell you, because you're my best friend," Cindy Lou took a deep breath, and explained, "It's Mr. Grinch. I think he likes my mom."
"I knew it!" Groopert exclaimed softly, but his friend glared at him again. "I mean, wow."
"And my mom likes him too," She added.
The boy gasped in disbelief, "Wow! That is crazy!"
"Yeah. I know. I'm surprised too, and they're too afraid to admit it to each other. Before I found out about this, two days ago, Mr. Grinch and I encountered a magical girl from another world named Aggie." Cindy Lou told a story.
"Who's Aggie?" The boy asked.
"That woman with wings who helped us decorating our house yesterday," The girl replied.
Groopert exclaimed in realization, "Oh, yeah! I saw you flying yesterday with that girl. I wanted to call you, but I can see you're busy. So, that girl, Aggie, came from another world? A dimension traveler. It's weird, but cool. Does that means her world is magical?"
"No. Her world is normal, like us. Aggie is the only one who has magic," Cindy Lou responded
"Oh." Frowned Groopert.
"Yeah, I know. So, she's here because she has a mission. A mission that she has to fix a friendship problem. And she found one yesterday, but it's more like a love problem than a friendship problem. And that problem is my mom and Mr. Grinch hate to admit their feelings for each other. That's problem that Aggie needed to solve. It's her mission, and I volunteered to help her." Explained the little girl.
"But this is about your mom and Mr. Grinch. Are you cool with that?" Her friend started to show some concern.
"Of course I'm cool with that? Why did you ask?" She asked.
"I mean, what about your dad?" Groopert reminded.
That's the part when Cindy Lou sighed sadly, "Dad doesn't want Mom to be unhappy. I know he wanted her to have someone to keep her happy and company. And I know, Mr. Grinch is the one. And if Aggie can't finish this mission before New Year, she'll miss it with her family. I don't want that.
Groopert just froze and stared at his friend in shock. He never know a Who as humble than Cindy Lou. He then looked down and thought about his friend's plan, "Well, if that's what you want, Cindy, I'm here to help you."
"Really?" Cindy Lou hugged her friend. "Thank you so much, Groopert. I knew I can count on you."
"Sure. We're best friends. We always have each other's back," He said.
After breaking the hug, Cindy Lou looked back at the board again, "Okay. What have we got?"
"Of what exactly?"
"Of getting my mom and Mr. Grinch together."
"You know, no kid has ever done such a thing. I mean, kids getting a man and woman together? I don't think that's possible."
"Hmm… okay. How about this? We'll trap them together is a closet, lock them inside, throw away the key, and they will not get out until they'll admit their feelings for each other face-to-face!" Cindy Lou suggested.
But Groopert thought that was a bad idea, "Um, I'm pretty sure they'll starve to death. And when we open the closet…"
"They'll be dead… together."
"Just like Romeo and Juliet. Not star-crossed lovers, but die together for love."
"Okay, don't remind me that, and I think you're right."
The children thought of something else for a moment, until one of them has an idea.
"I got it!" Groopert yelled.
"Tell me!" Cindy Lou shouted excitingly.
"Love Potion!"
Cindy Lou has doubts for that, but she gave Groopert a chance to explain, "Alright. Love Potion!"
"We'll make a love potion, mix it in their drinks, they drink it, and then they fall in love with each other. SCIENCE!" He explained.
"Could the effects be too cheesy?" Cindy Lou said in disgust.
"Oh, right."
"Also, where can we find some ingredients of a love potion and how can we make some?"
"What about Aggie? You said she's magical. I bet she can make a love potion."
"I don't think so. It might compromise her mission. It would be cheating to accomplish it."
"Good point. I got nothing."
Both friends exhaled in frustration. They got no more ideas for getting the Grinch and Donna Lou together. They're just two kids. They don't know much about romance. Before she almost lose hope, Cindy Lou gasped in realization. Of course she and Groopert can't think of plans, it's because they were just two kids.
"Wait a minute. I think a got it."
"What?" asked Groopert.
"We're gonna need the whole gang for this one!" Cindy Lou winked.
Meanwhile, in the Grinch's cave, Aggie descended to the Grinch's workshop, riding on a red chair and carrying a tray of s'mores. The Grinch was building a snowmobile, which it was almost finish.
"I can't believe you made me into this, Aggie," He complained as he stood up towards his new friend. "And I can't believe you sat on my chair."
"My wings need a rest, and your chair it's quite comfy," Aggie explained as she got off the chair, and offered the Grinch the s'mores she made. "Here. I brought snacks."
"I'm taking it because I'm hungry," the Grinch snatched the s'more from the tray, and took a bite. "Hmm. Actually this is pretty good."
"Thanks. Fresh fry from the microwave, and sweet chocolate syrup. That's my first cook," the winged human chuckled. "Anyway, how's the snowmobile coming?"
"Almost done here," the Grinch replied. "This is actually a great idea, Aggie. I know we both saw how Donna tried to catch up with the bus, but it move very early everyday."
"I know, but with this snow mobile you've built, she'll never have a hard time catching up with the bus, and if this mobile is fast, she'll arrive late at her work," Aggie added.
"I still have to find the finishing touches."
"Like what?"
"Well, the snowmobile is more of metal than an original snowmobile. I don't think Donna Lou would like my gift for her." He described.
His new friend didn't believe on that, "Don't be silly. Ms. Who is very nice. She'll like your gift."
"But it's too old school and ugly. We have to make something new," Grinch said.
Aggie paused for a while to think, until she has an idea.
"Unless…" She used her wand staff to poof out a can of paint, big paint brushes, jar of glitters, and paint spray. "We can make it colorful and stylish."
The Grinch smiled and nodded, agreeing Aggie's suggestion.
The two started to work on designing the snowmobile, including Max. They painted the snowmobile pink with paint brushes and paint spray, and sprinkled it with glitters, but not too much. Aggie realized it might take forever to sprinkle the mobile with glitters, so she loaded them in her party cannon. When she pulled the string of the cannon that pointed the mobile, the cannon fired the glitter all over it, but the Grinch, Aggie and Max's faces were covered in glitter as well. Later, they kept the paint dry fast by using handy fans and blow dryers. When they're done, the snowmobile was pink, sparkly and clean, like it was so new.
"There. I think that's it," Aggie commented. "It's perfect."
The Grinch scanned the mobile with his eyes as he thought it's not perfect enough, "I don't think so. There's something's missing. Oh, Max, the bow."
The dog was alerted as Max jumped on one of the cabinets, and grabbed a red ribbon on his mouth.
"Red, huh? That's good enough, Max," Grinch patted his dog's head, and tied the ribbon on the snowmobile into a bow. "Now, it's perfect."
"Nice. I like your style," Aggie nodded proudly. "Now, you have to give it to her."
"Wait. Give it to her? In person?" He asked, turning to her in surprise. "That's not part of the plan."
"Then, what's the purpose of making this snowmobile to her that you can't give it to her in person?" Aggie inquired. "Besides, if you give her this snowmobile in person, she'll realize you like her, and maybe she'll like you back."
Even if Aggie's idea would work, the Grinch is still too nervous to give something to Donna Lou. He doesn't what to say and what to do after giving the snowmobile to her. He tried to think of something to get out of this.
"Or… I got a better idea," He said.
Aggie grunted in frustration, "You better think this is gonna work than mine, because if it won't, I'm gonna kill you."